One year after traveling to the other side of the world to meet a mate and contribute to the survival of his critically-endangered species, Cincinnati-born Sumatran rhino Harapan is moving closer to that goal. A team of scientists, vets and keepers assembled in Harapan's new home at the 250-acre Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary (SRS) in Way Kambas National Park last week to collect semen from the 9-year-old rhino and his older brother, Andalas, the only captive male Sumatran rhino on the planet proven to be fertile. Every Rhino CountsWith fewer than 100 left in the world, every Sumatran rhino birth is significant. These and other Sumatran rhino reproduction secrets discovered by CREW, including how to use supplemental hormones to keep a pregnancy, finally resulted in the birth of three rhino calves (Andalas, Harapan and Suci) at the Cincinnati Zoo. Between 2001 and 2012, the Cincinnati Zoo held the distinction as the only place successfully breeding this endangered species.

Source: Huffington Post November 21, 2016 20:37 UTC